7:30 BELLS: What Leaps Toward the Unknown
As night fell, this unexpected image caught my eye: a silhouetted
dolphin (on a weather vane) rising from the trees into the sky. I don’t know about
you, but I’ve never seen a dolphin leap from the trees.
I love this image. I love it because it exploded with meaning that resonated for me.
Usually dolphins leap from the sea, symbolically like
something flashing into consciousness from the unconscious, unknown deeps. So
what does it mean for a dolphin to leap from the trees into the sky? Some might
say this is the proverbially “fish out of water.” But to me, it seemed like an
evolution.
That’s because, being an intuitive introvert, I filter everything I see
through the subjective filter of my experience. Trees have become powerful
symbols for me in the last year (for more on that see this earlier post).
Also, this dolphin perching on a weather vane suggests that
the weather of my life, or the weather of the world, is giving the dolphin a
chance to soar into a new and unknown element. Who knows what luminous experiences of life await a
dolphin swimming through the stars?
Poems emerge from such suddenly apprehended, unexpected images. Think I’ll work on one now . . .
Oh, and do I even have to tell you that the bells are ringing?
LORE OF THE BELL
Interpret unexpected images through the
filter of your life,
and the bells will ring.
7:30 BELLS Guest Posts run on the second Tuesday of every month. Join me on November 11 for a guest post with author Martha Brockenbrough.